- Conor: I have no idea if Diana was telling the truth.
- [sighs]
- Conor: If my presence here is endangering anyone ...
- Glas: Your presence blesses us.
- Conor: Perhaps we should cancel the ceremony.
- Glas: Then Longinus has won.
- Conor: Father... I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want anyone else getting hurt.
- Glas: You can't control the future, and neither can he. When we die, our spirit passes to another, from this life to the next. Don't feed the beast by giving into your fear.
- Conor: I'm not afraid. I just want to do what's right.
- Glas: You carry the faith of your people; they trust you to be stronger than he is.
- Conor: But am I? This man has lived five lifetimes.
- Glas: How do you know you haven't lived a thousand? When it's our time, we know, and we are at peace, for good is as eternal as evil. Now go, and take your bride.
- Longinus: I am not here as a Roman. Romans, Highlanders, River People - these are just names, and names divide us. The future I offer is based on a new alliance of all people with a common purpose.
- Alwyn: And what purpose is that?
- Longinus: Peace, prosperity, protection, trust.
- Alwyn: Lies, betrayal, thievery, death.
- Longinus: You might be right about that last one.
- Longinus: This prince is poison and allied with the Druids, he could almost be a threat. In the interest of our garden, I think it's time to cut the head off the snake.
- Conor: You don't belong here; neither does your monster. The curse he has is the one he deserves. Now we have two choices.
- [Conor brandishes a knife]
- Conor: Cut out your heart...
- Queen Diana: What?
- [stabs at Diana wripping her dress]
- Conor: Or teach you to write.
- [first lines]
- [Longinus pushes a red-hot branding iron against his skin, but the wound quickly vanishes]
- Longinus: I feel nothing.
- Queen Diana: I'm sorry.
- Longinus: I can't feel the life in me anymore.
- Queen Diana: [grabbing Longinus' arm] Feel *my* life.
- Longinus: It's too late for that.
- Longinus: The spear is gone forever. I will never die and you will never return to Rome. These dreams are over! They have been stolen from us. That prince...
- Queen Diana: Conor.
- Longinus: I want to feel his pain. He has a great capacity for it, I think. I want to be there when his friends die. I want to be there when his world crumbles. I will see that it does.
- [pulling the branding iron from the fire]
- Longinus: Everyone on this island will wear this brand as a sign of allegiance to me.
- Queen Diana: I don't think Rome...
- Longinus: There is no Rome. There is only loyalty. Where do you stand on the question of loyalty, *my love*?
- [Longinus thrust the branding iron against Diana's skin]
- Longinus: Tell me more of the prince.
- Arn: The marriage to a novice will strengthen him. He is already well thought of and influential. With a Druid by his side, the island will be galvanized. The Druid priests and the Father hold the heart of the people. This is their strength. The Druids have always...
- Longinus: Yes, yes. I didn't ask for a lesson.
- Arn: Forgive me... my lord.
- Queen Diana: You're killing yourself.
- Conor: Let your beast come. If he wants to die that badly, we'll find a way to accommodate him.